Discrimination Archives

10.20.2020 a statue of liberty wearing a face mask with Statue of Liberty in the background

Health Equity

Immigrant Health is Public Health

Covid-19 response efforts must recognize the complex factors that affect health outcomes of different immigrant communities.

Guest Authors Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Jessica Hill, Paul McDaniel

09.22.2020 a line drawing of a hand

Health Equity

Antiracism in Clinical Care

By identifying the racism and white supremacy assaulting their patients, providers honor their oath to protect, rather than harm.

Guest Author Rupinder Kaur Legha

07.23.2020 a graph of different sizes and colors

Health Equity

Race and Algorithms

Health algorithms measure risk with data established in conditions of inequity, and as a result, they reproduce racial disparities.

Fellow Edward Alexander

06.30.2020 a map with red circles and numbers

Health Equity

Xenophobia in the Time of Covid-19

Racism is detrimental to public health. Our national leaders and the media have caused Asian Americans to feel unsafe, even in their own homes.

Guest Author Jennifer Nguyen

05.28.2020 a graph of a line graph

Restoring LGBTQ Health

By the end of 2015, nearly 60% of LGBTQ people reported at least 14 poor health days after the passage of a Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana.

Fellow Edward Alexander

05.21.2020 a red white and blue arrows pointing to different directions

Counting Trans Health

Trans-specific screening guidelines would help ensure trans people have the same chance at early, life-saving treatment as the rest of the population.

Fellow Gray Babbs

03.26.2020 a graph of a graph with black and white lines

Health Equity
Child and Adolescent Health

Completion Depends on Conditions

For Black children, the idealized American nuclear family is not enough to overcome the presence of racially motivated disadvantage.

Fellow Edward Alexander

01.24.2020 a house with graffiti on it

Health Equity

Rating Health After Redlining

Redlining, a vehicle of structural racism, is associated with slower neighborhood foreclosure recovery and poorer self-rated health among Detroit residents.

Fellow Jori Fortson

01.21.2020 a graph of black and orange lines

The White Picket Fence

The gap between White and Black homeowners has reached its widest margin in 50 years, underscoring the need for new, transformative legislation and action.

Fellow Greg Kantor

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